Comparison

StepCore vs Wayfarer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

StepCore

This app tracks your daily steps and converts them into earned food rewards. It provides meal ideas based on your activity level without any pressure or guilt. Enjoy your progress and the treats you unlock by simply walking.

Highlights
  • Step tracking
  • Food rewards system
  • Meal ideas
  • Progress visualization
  • No sign-ups
  • No ads
Features
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StepCore is your no-pressure step buddy that turns walking into rewards. Instead of stressing over calories, you just move, and your steps unlock food you’ve “earned” for the day. Hit your goal, treat yourself. Walk more, unlock more. It quietly tracks your steps using your iPhone’s Health app, shows your progress, and even gives you meal ideas from different cuisines based on what you’ve achieved. No sign-ups. No ads. No guilt. Just walk… and enjoy what you’ve earned.

About

Wayfarer

Features
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Wayfarer is a simple step counter. Open it and see today’s steps, distance and stairs at a glance, set against a beautiful painted scene. No goals, no streaks and no pressure. SIMPLE STEP COUNTING Wayfarer reads the steps your iPhone already counts in Apple Health, so there’s nothing to set up. See today’s steps, how far you’ve walked and your last seven days in one calm view. Every day has one distance, so Today and Stats always agree. SEE HOW YOUR WALKING ADDS UP Stats lets you look back and compare. Choose steps, distance or stairs, then a week, month or year, and see each set against your own usual and against the one before. A month shows as a calendar with every day’s number. All shows your records: your most steps, furthest walk and most stairs in a day. Tap any day for its steps, distance, stairs and the hours you walked. BEAUTIFUL SCENERY Your steps sit on paintings of five famous walks: the Kumano Kodo in Japan, the Camino de Santiago in Spain, the West Highland Way in Scotland, the Appalachian Trail in the United States and the Milford Track in New Zealand. Each day brings a new place, painted for the morning, afternoon and evening. The painting follows your local weather and gently moves with it: grass and trees sway in the wind, rain ripples on rivers and lochs, birds cross the valleys and fireflies blink at night. Keep every walk, or choose the one you love. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your walking history stays on your iPhone. Wayfarer has no account or advertising, and never writes to Apple Health. It can count which screens are used, anonymously and never with your steps, Health data or location; you can turn this off in Settings. Weather is optional and uses your location only while the app is open. Wayfarer asks to read Step Count, Walking + Running Distance and Flights Climbed from Apple Health.

Screenshots

StepCore4 screens
Wayfarer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: StepCore at 3 against Wayfarer's 1. StepCore also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
StepCore versus Wayfarer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepCoreWayfarer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnurag AgarwalJimmy How

In-app purchases

None

StepCore

No in-app purchases

None

Wayfarer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StepCore free?
StepCore is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wayfarer free?
Wayfarer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do StepCore or Wayfarer have ads?
Neither StepCore nor Wayfarer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StepCore or Wayfarer?
StepCore ships an update every 4 days, and Wayfarer every 4 days. Most recently, StepCore was updated on October 24, 2026 and Wayfarer on October 19, 2026.

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